The Diameter Of The BombThe Diameter Of The Bomb

By: Sergio Song

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Author: Author: YehudaYehuda AmichaiAmichaiAuthor: Author: YehudaYehuda AmichaiAmichai

Born onBorn on May 3, 1924, in 9 ,Germany.

Moved to Moved to Jerusalem.

Amichai`sAmichai`s Writings:Writings:Amichai sAmichai s Writings:Writings:

War Experiences.p Young Israeli

soldiers.so d e s.

Amichai`sAmichai`s Poetry:Poetry:Amichai sAmichai s Poetry:Poetry:

Relate with everyday conflict.

Known to be able to relate b e o e ehis feelings with the feelings of the majority.j y

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h f The Diameter ofthe bomb wasthirty centimetersyand the diameterof its effectiverange about sevenrange about sevenmeters,

With four dead andeleven wounded.And around these,in a larger circle ofpain and time twopain and time, twohospitals arescattered and one

dgraveyard.

But the younghwoman who was

buried in the cityshe came from, at afdistance of morethan a hundredkilometerskilometers,enlarges the circleconsiderably.

And the solitary manh d hmourning her death at

the distant shores of acountry far across they fsea includes the entireworld in the circle.

And I won`t evenh fmention the crying of

orphans that reachesup to the throne ofp fGod and beyond,making a circle withno end and no Godno end and no God.

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h b b The bomb`sdiameter neverstops growing asp g glong as it isremembered.

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diameter-of-the-bomb/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Brigade

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